JP2727811B2 - Containment facility - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a horizontal rotation type storage device, for example, in which a plurality of rolls are stored in a vertical orientation, and a desired roll is stored in a loading / unloading section as needed. The present invention relates to a storage facility provided with a plurality of horizontal rotating shelves that can be stored by a reverse action.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a storage facility provided with a plurality of such horizontal rotating shelves, power is supplied to each of the horizontal rotating shelves so that each of the horizontal rotating shelves can be driven independently. doing.

[0003]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional type, since power is supplied to each of the horizontal rotary shelves, the storage capacity is assumed to be the same as that of the horizontal rotary shelves for simultaneous driving of the storage devices. Therefore, it is necessary to set a step-down transformer having a large current capacity, for example, and it must be large and expensive, and it is necessary to use a circuit breaker having a large breaking capacity. In addition, there is a problem that it is similarly large and expensive, and a large amount of cost is required for installation of the power receiving equipment.

[0004] The present invention is to solve the above problems,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a storage facility that can suppress the power receiving capacity and the installation cost of the power receiving facility.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a storage facility of the present invention stores a plurality of articles, and moves a desired article to a loading / unloading section as required by a driving device. A storage facility comprising a plurality of lateral rotation type storage devices that can be taken out and can be stored by a reverse action, wherein each of said horizontal rotation type storage devices is provided with an on / off means of a driving device, and For each predetermined number of storage devices, one inverter that supplies power to the drive devices of each of the predetermined number of lateral rotation type storage devices via respective on / off means, and one on / off operation of one horizontal rotation type storage device at all times. Operate only means, always 1
A control device for driving only the driving device of the horizontal rotation type storage device is provided.

[0006]

According to the structure of the present invention, one for every predetermined number
Only the on / off means of the horizontal rotation type storage devices are operated, and only one horizontal rotation type storage device is driven for each predetermined number, so that the power supply capacity used in the entire facility is limited and the power receiving capacity is suppressed. be able to.

[0007]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, a horizontal rotation type shelf device installed as a storage facility of the present invention will be described.

In FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a long flat frame-shaped base, and a pair of left and right frames 11 and a large number of rollers 12 freely rotatable between the frames 11 are provided on the upper surface thereof. And an endless inner supporting device 10 constituted by the above, and an endless gap 2 is placed outside of the inner supporting device 10, and a pair of left and right frames 16 is freely rotatably disposed between the frames 16. An endless outer support device 15 composed of a number of rollers 17 is provided. As shown in FIG. 5, the support devices 10 and 15 form an elongated endless shape including a pair of parallel straight path portions 3A and an arc path portion 3B connecting the start and end of the straight path portions 3A. Is formed.

Here, the inverted portions at both ends of the outer support device 15 are formed in a chevron-shaped arc so that the central portion becomes convex in a plan view, so that both sides of the central portion are formed in the cut-shaped portion 4. I have. Also, both support devices 10 and 15 are the width W of the inner support device 10.
It is set wider W ₂ of the outer support device 15 with respect to _1. Although both support devices 10 and 15 are of a roller conveyor type, they may be of another type such as a belt conveyor type.

A plurality of (10 in the embodiment) disk-shaped article supports 5 are placed between the two supporting devices 10 and 15, and these article supports 5 are train-shaped on the transport path 3. It becomes movable. Then, a driving device 20 interlocking with the article support 5 is provided on the base 1 side.

The driving device 20 includes a pair (plurality) of the driving devices 20 disposed below the inner supporting device 10 in both the arc paths 3B.
A sprocket (rotating body) 21, 22, a chain (endless rotating body) 23 stretched between the sprockets 21, 22, a passive sprocket 28 fixed to a cylindrical body 27 coaxial with one sprocket 21, Reverse drive motor (rotary drive unit)
24 and a drive sprocket fixed to the output shaft 30 of the motor 24
31 and a power transmission chain 32 stretched between the driving sprocket 31 and the passive sprocket 28. The drive device 20 controls the movement of the group of article supports 5 by a motor.
24 is started, the chain 23 is moved via the output shaft 30, the drive sprocket 31, the power transmission chain 32, the passive sprocket 28, the cylinder 27, and the sprockets 21 and 22, and the moving force is transmitted to the article support 5. You can do that.

As shown in FIG. 5, a pair of fixed-position photoelectric switches for detecting that the article support 5 is at a fixed position.
A drive for detecting that a clamp-type forklift (an example of a work vehicle) 60 shown in FIG. 6, for example, is located in the loading / unloading section 58 of the roll-shaped material (article) 59 with respect to the article support 5 shown in FIG. A selection photoelectric switch 37 is disposed, and a slave control panel 38 is disposed in the vicinity of the entrance / exit unit 58.

As shown in FIG. 7, the slave control panel 38 has a workable lamp 39 for indicating that the target article support 5 has arrived at the loading / unloading section 58, and a worker having a roll-like object (article). A work completion switch 40 operated at the end of the entry / exit work of 59), and a relay 41 for turning on / off the fixed position photoelectric switch 36 and the motor 24 are provided.

The horizontal rotation type shelf device 55 having the above configuration is
For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of (two in FIG. 6, two rows) are juxtaposed in a warehouse 56 with the cut portions 4 adjacent to each other, and at that time, a work space 57 is formed between the juxtaposed rows. At the same time, a portion of the work space 57 that faces the cut portion 4 is formed in the loading / unloading portion 58. These ten horizontal rotary shelves 55, the master control panel 43 that supervises the horizontal rotary shelves 55, and a setting device connected to the master control panel 43.
The storage facility is constituted by 44 and the power receiving panel 45. Receiving board
The 45 is equipped with a step-down transformer, an overcurrent circuit breaker, a DC power supply (all not shown), and the like.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a master control panel 43 includes an automatic switch 42 for selecting automatic setting, a control device 46 including a microcomputer, and an inverter 47.
And a DC power supply 49 for supplying control power to the controller 46.
And a wireless receiving device 50 that receives a drive signal of a remote control switch 61 installed on the forklift 60. An AC power supply for the inverter 47 and the DC power supply 49 is supplied from the power receiving panel 45. When the automatic switch 42 is not operated, that is, the drive signal of the manual-time remote control switch 61 is received by the control device 46. The master control panel 43 is connected to the slave control panel 38 of each of the horizontal rotary shelving units 55. From each slave control panel 38, a detection signal of the drive selection photoelectric switch 37, a normally open contact of the relay 41 (hereinafter referred to as a contact a). The detection signal of the fixed position photoelectric switch 35 and the operation signal of the work completion switch 40 are input via the switch (not shown), and the drive signal of the relay 41 and the work enable lamp 39
And outputs power to the motor 24 via the contact a of the relay 41.

As shown in FIG. 8, the control device 46 of the master control panel 43 includes a horizontal rotary shelf device set by a setting device 44.
A setting memory unit 51 that stores a set value consisting of a number 55 and a number of the article support 5, and a detection signal of the drive selection photoelectric switch 37 is input, and the forklift (an example of a work vehicle) 60 is used to determine which lateral rotating shelf device A work vehicle detection unit 52 for detecting whether or not it is located in the loading / unloading unit 58 of the 55; a drive unit 53 of No. 1 to No. 10 corresponding to the slave control panel 38 of each horizontal rotary type shelf device 55; It is composed of a part 54. The operation of the drive unit 53 and the control unit 54 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the control unit 54 confirms that the automatic setting has been performed by the automatic switch 42 (step-1), the control unit 54 stores the number of the horizontal rotary shelf device 55 from the setting memory unit 51 input by the setting unit 44 in advance. And a set value consisting of the number of the article support 5 of the horizontal rotary shelf device 55 is searched (step-
2), a drive signal including the start command and the number of the article support 5 is output to the drive unit 53 of the horizontal rotation type shelf device 55 of this number (Step-3), and the inverter 47 is driven (Step-4). . When the drive unit 53 receives a drive signal (step-5), it turns on the relay 41 and turns on the fixed-position photoelectric switch.
35 is turned on, and the motor 24 is connected to the power supply line 48 to start rotating the article support 5 (step-6). When the arrival of the target article support 5 is confirmed by counting the detection signal of the fixed position photoelectric switch 35 (step-7), a roll position end signal is output to the control unit 54 (step-8), and the relay 41 is output. Is turned off, the rotation of the article support 5 is stopped (step-9), and the workable lamp 39 is turned on (step-10). When the roll position end signal is input (Step-11), the control unit 54 stops driving the inverter 47 (Step-12), and deletes the searched set value from the setting memory unit 51 (Step-13). , Setting memory unit 51
It is confirmed whether or not there is a next set value (step-14). When it is confirmed, the process returns to step-2 to start the next operation. When confirming the input of the work completion switch 40 (step-15), the drive unit 53 turns off the work enable lamp 39 (step-16).

If it is confirmed in step 1 that the forklift 60 is not automatic, the number of the horizontal rotary shelf device 55 where the forklift 60 has arrived is input from the work vehicle detector 52 (step 17). It is checked whether the drive signal of the remote control switch 61 is input from the device 50 (step-18). If it is checked, the inverter 47 is driven (step-19), and the drive of the horizontal rotary shelf device 55 to which the number has been input is performed. Output a forced drive signal to the unit 53 (step-
20). If not confirmed, the drive of the inverter 47 is stopped (step-21), and the output of the forced drive signal is stopped (step-22). When confirming the input of the compulsory drive signal (step-23), the drive unit 53 turns on the relay 41, turns on the home position photoelectric switch 35, and connects the motor 24 to the power supply line 48 to turn the article support 5 on. The operation is started (step-24), and if not confirmed, the relay 41 is turned off to stop the rotation of the article support 5 (step-25).

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. At the time of loading and unloading from the horizontal rotary shelf device 55, first, the operator inputs the set value to the control device 46 of the master control panel 43 by the setting device 44. There may be a plurality of setting values. The automatic switch 42 selects automatic or manual.

In the case of automatic operation, the control device of the master control panel 43
46 drives the relay 41 of the horizontal rotation type shelf device 55 based on the set value, and drives the drive device 20 to drive the desired roll-shaped object 59.
The article support 5, which is placed vertically, is stopped facing the loading / unloading section 58, and the workable lamp 39 is turned on. When the worker confirms that the work enable lamp 39 is turned on, the worker operates the forklift 60 for the article support 5 to perform a loading / unloading operation, and operates the work completion switch 40 after the end.
Then, the work enable lamp 39 is turned off, and the executed set value is erased. When there are a plurality of set values, one set is driven in the set order, and when it arrives at a fixed position, the work enable lamp 39 is turned on to drive the next set value. This operation is repeatedly performed while there is a set value.

In the case of manual operation, the operator must use a forklift
When the forklift 60 is stopped by moving the 60 in the work space 57 in the warehouse 56, facing the loading / unloading section 58 of the horizontal rotary shelf device 55 for loading and unloading, and starting the drive signal by the remote control switch 61 While receiving the drive signal, the control device 46 of the master control panel 43 drives the relay 41 of the horizontal rotary shelf device 55 that has stopped the forklift 60,
The drive unit 20 is driven to rotate the article support 5. When the worker turns off the remote control switch 61 when the article support member 5 for carrying in / out is located in the carrying-in / out section 58, the control device 46 of the master control panel 43 sends the horizontal rotating shelf device 55 with the forklift 60 stopped. Is turned off, and the rotation of the article support 5 is stopped. Therefore, the target article support 5 is stopped facing the loading / unloading section 58, and the worker operates the forklift 60 on the article support 5 to perform loading / unloading work.

As described above, the loading and unloading work can be performed, and the control device 46 controls so that only one of the ten horizontal rotary shelves 55 is always driven. The capacity of receiving power by the power receiving panel 45 as a storage facility may be a power capacity for driving only one horizontal rotation type shelf device 55 at all times, and the power receiving capacity used by the entire facility can be suppressed.
The installation cost of the power receiving equipment of the power receiving panel 45 can be reduced.

In the present embodiment, a storage facility having ten horizontal rotating shelves 55 has been described. However, as shown in FIG. (Shown), the master control panel 43 is provided for each of a plurality of units (10 units in the figure), so that the number of horizontally rotating shelves 55 that are always driven is limited to the number of master control panels 43. The power receiving capacity can be set to this number, and the installation cost of the power receiving equipment can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the article support 5 is rotated only in one direction by the remote control switch 61, but it can be turned clockwise or counterclockwise. Further, in the above embodiment, the disc-shaped article support 35 is shown, but this may be a polygon or the like. Further, although a type in which a pair of sprockets 21 and 22 are provided is shown, a type in which four sprockets are provided and the chain 23 is moved in a rectangular shape in plan view may be used.

[0025]

According to the present invention having the above-described structure, only one horizontal rotation type shelf device is driven for each predetermined number.
The power supply capacity used in the entire facility is limited, the power receiving capacity can be suppressed, and the installation cost of the power receiving facility can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view in which a part of a horizontal rotary shelf device as one embodiment installed in a storage facility of the present invention is omitted.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of a drive unit side of the horizontal rotation type shelf device.

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional side view of a driven unit side of the horizontal rotation type shelf device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic vertical sectional front view of the horizontal rotation type shelf device.

FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view showing an installed state of an article support of the horizontal rotation type shelf device.

FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing a side-by-side rotation type shelf device installed in the storage facility of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a control configuration diagram of the storage facility.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a master control panel of the storage facility.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control device in the master control panel of the storage facility.

FIG. 10 is a control configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the storage facility.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Base 3 Transport path 4 Cut part 5 Article support 10 Inner support device 15 Outer support device 20 Drive device 36 Fixed position photoelectric switch 37 Drive selection photoelectric switch 38 Slave control panel 39 Workable lamp 40 Work completion switch 41 Relay 43 Master Control panel 44 Setting device 45 Power receiving panel 46 Control device 47 Inverter 55 Horizontal rotating shelf device 56 Warehouse 58 Entry / exit section 59 Roll-shaped object (article) 60 Forklift 61 Remote control switch

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of horizontal rotary storage devices capable of storing a plurality of articles, moving the desired articles to a loading / unloading section as needed by a driving device, and releasing the articles by a reverse action. A storage facility provided with a plurality of horizontal rotation type storage devices, wherein each of the horizontal rotation type storage devices is provided with an on / off means for a driving device, and for each of a predetermined number of the horizontal rotation type storage devices, One inverter that supplies power to each of the driving devices via the respective on / off means, and only the on / off means of one lateral rotation type storage device are always operated, and the driving device of one horizontal rotation type storage device is always operated. Storage equipment characterized by having a control device for driving only the storage device.